Family:Whitney, George (1806-1876)
George7 Whitney (Peter6, Timothy5, Jonas4, Moses3, Richard2, John1), son of Peter6 and Mary (Blair) Whitney, was born 20 May 1806, Chester, MA, and died 19 Feb 1876.[1]
He married, 17 Dec 1835, Chester, MA, Amanda M. Henry.[2] She was born 8 Apr 1809, and died 31 Mar 1897.[3]
Both parents and daughter were buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Suffield, CT.
He was a manufacturer in Chester, MA, until 1846, when he moved to Hartford. Resided Hartford, CT.
Children of George7 and Amanda M. (Henry) Whitney:
i. Helen Eliza8 Whitney, b. 12 Oct 1836, Chester, MA;[4] d. 31 Oct 1837, Chester, MA, aged 1 year 18 days.[5][6]
Census
- 1840, Chester, Hampden Co., MA: ; 1 engaged in agriculture.
- 1850, Hartford, Hartford Co., CT:
2324 2984 Horace Phelps 53 M - Keeper of Boarders Ct. [a few apparently unrelated individuals] George Whitney 45 M - Clerk $1000 Mass. Amanda M. " 41 F - " [more apparently unrelated individuals]
318 478 David A. Rood 42 M - Inn Keeper Mass. . . . George Whiting 54 M - Manufacturer $5000 $10000 Conn. Amanda M. " 52 F - Do . . . George E. Whiting 28 M - Musician Mass. . . .
257 411 Whitney, George 65 M W Lightning Rod Man $50000 Mass. Illiterate, Male citizen over 21 -----, Amanda 63 F W Keeping house " Illiterate Henry, Samuel 48 M W Gardner &c. " Illiterate, Male citizen over 21
- 1880: Widow Amanda not found.
References
- All data imported from Frederick Clifton Pierce, The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635, (Chicago: 1895), p. 310.
1.^ Find A Grave memorial #19613282, George Whitney.
2.^ "George [Whitney] and Amanda M. Henry, [married] Dec. 17, 1835," according to Vital Records of Chester, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1911).
3.^ Find A Grave memorial #19613306, Amanda M. Henery Whitney.
4.^ "Helen Eliza [Whitney], d. George and Amanda M., [born] Oct. 12, 1836," according to Chester Vital Records.
5.^ "Helen Eliza [Whitney], d. George and Amanda, [died] Oct. 31, 1837. [Oct. 30, a. 1 C R 1.] [d. George and Amanda M., Oct. 30, a. 1 y. 18 d., G.R.1.]," according to Chester Vital Records.
6.^ Find A Grave memorial #19613327, Eliza Helen Whitney.
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